The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25
OUR LADY OF SORROWS.

From the New York Medical Journal.
With 40 many vacations already open 10
her, and the fair prospect that Others may
bc had for the asking in the future, lovely
woman ought to wear n countcnance as
smiling rs a May morning. And yet the
faculty Of leaving the family circle and
doing the worlds work away from the
chimney corner Is too frequently accom-.
panied by the fatal gift Of gloom, and Il
tendency toward general detection. Life
il a serious business for many earnest, in
t|clligent women, who seem ircightcd with
a sad experience and overcome with the
burlenOi existence. Tochangc Patience
TO suit the occasion: ooh, but they're
dolcful, dolciul, doleful, dolciul!' Each IL
in u sense Our Lady Of sorrows. George
EliOt's horoincs are all OF this typc--DOpo-
thea, Dinnh Morris, Maggie and Romola,
the grand and siatucsquc. There il o a
my vi iollity in one OF them. They miss
tho sunny side OF everything. Sometimes
medical One fail in the same way.
Some arr sad OF visagc, melancholy in
ncr, and dcjcctedin the matter OF garments.
All their lines are angles, Of the kind that
droOp. To them "liic Is real, life is earn
est, and the grave IA evidently its goal.
This is an unfortunate state Of affairs, Cs.
pccially Tor the women belonging 10 the
profession That IL the Flower Of our civil
iEi,ion," aud one that requires cheerful
ness and courage unlimited. In any other
career n disregard Of appearances and In.
difference to grace In speech and mannc
may perhaps be forgiven, but not ia mcdi.
cine. The physician is ut once high priest,
law-giyer, guide, philosopher and friend;
aud, when truly excellent represents the
highest type OF man or woman. ANY neg
lcct Of the fitness Of things Is n disgrace.
Every man IL a debtor 20 the profession,
according tn Bacon; aud this X equally
true of ever woman. II the Kings
daughter Is all glorious within. why should
she look like a fright on the uutsidc2
The cultivation ui bOOrishncss il not
an evidence Of intellect, rather the ~
ycfsc. Genius Is full Of hope aud
cheerful courage. The feminine sex il
lacking IN the sense OF humor To n great
extent Women are not ~ Jolly ~ men.
Like Constance Pl]antagcnet, they arc en-.
pablc Of fears, full Of fcnrs, subject TO fears.
and naturally born 10 fears. Tnis tingcs
life with sadness. Another reason why
women m a class fail 10 do Hs well ~ they
might II that they understand 30 vaguely
their proper place In nature. To speak In
terms Of rough generalization, men ar
beasts Of burden whose fate and pleasure
il IL 10 struggle and conquer difficulties.
Women are the artists OF this world, who
| preside over grace aud beauty and the
| pleasures Of life. Each must win in his Oi
/ her own way, according 10 the lines al
nature, men ~ men and women ~ women.
Real success Is not possible otherwise,
| Good advice 10 aspiring medical women
might read thus 'iscck yc tirst 10 exec
in all feminine grace aud virtue, and then
pruyidcd your vocation IN well chosen.
medical excellence shall be- added unto
YOU" a woman who h largr-hCuftcd, h.
i~elligcnl and refined, Of good presence and
manner, Who iH earnest, cheerful aud Cpur
agrOus. M well m pleasant 10 luol
upon, N the chef d'Wuyrc of nature
Her influence for good IL beyond
calculation. Shc stands at the point o
power, and has only 10 choose whether hpI
audience shall consist Ut one OF "a hundred
How are We bcholdcn 30 each bright, nm
uucnchuhlc, indOmitable spirit OF thi,
kind. Women should consider IL a duty
o. cultivate wit and humor, and Ia lOol
pcnistcntly ON the sunny side Of liic. II
would brighten the world NJ wonderfully
Then will our Lady VI sorrows gradually
disappear, and become n shade OF the pas
instead oi the nnachronism she o n
Between her aud Nolrc Dame de lof
Sccoum there exists the same difference ~
between the sisters u legendary FAME
when the iirt spoke, snakes and toad
dropped from her mouth, while from IN,
lips Of the other fell pearls and diamonds
Farewell, dark lady Of detected dupciics
You have outliycd your usefulness, sopri,
90 and be- a shade. AZ for the oihcl
women. why. they will lend their minds Z,
mirth aud mcrrimcnt, which bar .
thousand harms and tighten life. \
least, this Is what one Of them-who fur
nished the thoughts here expressed la
declared 10 us.
Another American comic opera Is loom
ing on tho horizon. Mr.. Clarence Stern
berger has tried his mettle Ia that dircc
ton, aud will make his debut with 'Th'
Lille S,uI.utsf nj "A ka,N Work thgatef IA